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Nail
see synonyms of nailNoun
1. nail
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
2. nail
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
3. nail
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
Verb
4. nail
attach something somewhere by means of nails
Example Sentences:'nail the board onto the wall'
5. apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up
take into custody
Example Sentences:'the police nabbed the suspected criminals'
succeed in obtaining a position
Example Sentences:'He nailed down a spot at Harvard'
8. ace, breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through
succeed at easily
Example Sentences:'She sailed through her exams''You will pass with flying colors''She nailed her astrophysics course'
9. nail, pinpoint
locate exactly
Example Sentences:'can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?''The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Nail
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Nail
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Nail
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